{"id":824471,"date":"2026-03-21T04:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824471\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T04:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:05:16","slug":"seahawks-exercise-fifth-year-options-on-wr-jaxon-smith-njigba-cb-devon-witherspoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824471\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks exercise fifth-year options on WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, CB Devon Witherspoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smith-Njigba, 24, was instrumental in Seattle&#8217;s quest to <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/games\/seahawks-at-patriots-2025-post-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl LX<\/a>. The 20th overall pick of 2023 has developed into one of the league&#8217;s best receivers with his quick burst of speed. The two-time Pro Bowler had a career-year with a league leading 1,793 receiving yards, 119 receptions and 10 touchdowns in 17 games. He was also one of three unanimous All-Pro selections in 2025 and won <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/jaxon-smith-njigba-seahawks-wr-offensive-player-of-the-year-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Offensive Player of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After winning the Lombardi Trophy, JSN made it known that he was not &#8220;<a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/seahawks-jaxon-smith-njigba-not-pressed-but-believes-he-deserves-to-be-highest-paid-wr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pressed<\/a>&#8221; into getting a new contract extension but believes he deserves to be the highest-paid WR in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Before selecting JSN in 2023, the Seahawks selected Witherspoon with the No. 5 overall pick. The 25-year-old has been one of the best corners with his ability to blitz and wreak havoc for Mike Macdonald&#8217;s defense. Witherspoon has made the three consecutive Pro Bowls since he entered the league.<\/p>\n<p>Despite seeing key contributors sign elsewhere in free agency, the Seahawks are making sure their homegrown talented duo stay in Seattle for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smith-Njigba, 24, was instrumental in Seattle&#8217;s quest to Super Bowl LX. The 20th overall pick of 2023 has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1227,2865,7,2869,88,6,609,4267,261],"class_list":{"0":"post-824471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-around-the-nfl","9":"tag-devon-witherspoon","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jaxon-smith-njigba","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-no-minute","15":"tag-offseason-news","16":"tag-seattle-seahawks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116265190956202690","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}